How can we study the late ancient and Byzantine history from ecological perspectives? How might one grapple with the more-than-human in sources and media created by humans? Exploring the diverse ways in which pre-modern texts engaged with the broader natural world, this book presents scholarly ventures into the terrains of the past. From the ancient treatises on dreams to monastic tales from the Hexameron literature to the Byzantine romance, from the Exeter Bookto a mysterious Byzantine icon, the chapters investigate a diverse range of literature and other sources, uncovering intricate…mehr
How can we study the late ancient and Byzantine history from ecological perspectives? How might one grapple with the more-than-human in sources and media created by humans? Exploring the diverse ways in which pre-modern texts engaged with the broader natural world, this book presents scholarly ventures into the terrains of the past. From the ancient treatises on dreams to monastic tales from the Hexameron literature to the Byzantine romance, from the Exeter Bookto a mysterious Byzantine icon, the chapters investigate a diverse range of literature and other sources, uncovering intricate ecosystems of relationships. The team of leading international experts behind the volume focuses on encounters between human and more-than-human beings. They pay attention to the entanglement of multiple agencies that cut through texts and other meshes. With insights from such theoretical traditions as ecocriticism, new materialism and environmental humanities, they re-expose ancient media to the elements.
Laura Borghetti is a Doctoral Candidate in Byzantine Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Thomas Arentzen is a Reader in Church History at Lund University, Sweden, and Associate Professor at Sankt Ignatios College, Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Weathering: Ancient Worlds Exposed Thomas Arentzen (St Ignatios College Sweden) & Laura Borghetti (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany) 2. Fieldwork: Following Saint Hilarion Virginia Burrus (Syracuse University USA) 3. Night: An Ancient Monastic Ecology of Darkness Douglas E. Christie (Loyola Marymount University USA) 4. Edges: Coasts Riverbanks and Waterscapes in Late Ancient Texts Marco Formisano (Ghent University Belgium) 5. Dream: The Cultural Ecology of Dreaming in Artemidorus' Oneirocritica Christopher Schliephake (University of Augsburg Germany) 6. Energies: Wind Water and the Literary Ecosystem in a Twelfth-Century Byzantine Novel Laura Borghetti (University of Mainz Germany) 7. Behold!: The Equivocal Ecopoetics of Wonder in Late Ancient Homilies on Creation Kate Rigby (University of Cologne Germany) 8. Agency: A Core Concept in the Cultural History of Human-Animal Relations Tristan Schmidt (University of Katowice Poland) 9. Crocodiles: Frightening Reptiles and Monastic Imagination Ingvild Sælid Gilhus (University of Bergen Norway) 10. Physiologizing: The Meaning of Species Un/Ravelled Thomas Arentzen (Uppsala University Sweden) 11. Feast!: Venantius Fortunatus' Poetic Feasts Leila Williamson (Ghent University Belgium) 12. Thicket: Trees and Belief in Britain after Rome Michael D. J. Bintley (University of Southampton UK) 13. Medianature: Dirt Stone Water and Sky as Representational Fields Glenn Peers (Syracuse University USA) Notes References Index
1. Weathering: Ancient Worlds Exposed Thomas Arentzen (St Ignatios College Sweden) & Laura Borghetti (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany) 2. Fieldwork: Following Saint Hilarion Virginia Burrus (Syracuse University USA) 3. Night: An Ancient Monastic Ecology of Darkness Douglas E. Christie (Loyola Marymount University USA) 4. Edges: Coasts Riverbanks and Waterscapes in Late Ancient Texts Marco Formisano (Ghent University Belgium) 5. Dream: The Cultural Ecology of Dreaming in Artemidorus' Oneirocritica Christopher Schliephake (University of Augsburg Germany) 6. Energies: Wind Water and the Literary Ecosystem in a Twelfth-Century Byzantine Novel Laura Borghetti (University of Mainz Germany) 7. Behold!: The Equivocal Ecopoetics of Wonder in Late Ancient Homilies on Creation Kate Rigby (University of Cologne Germany) 8. Agency: A Core Concept in the Cultural History of Human-Animal Relations Tristan Schmidt (University of Katowice Poland) 9. Crocodiles: Frightening Reptiles and Monastic Imagination Ingvild Sælid Gilhus (University of Bergen Norway) 10. Physiologizing: The Meaning of Species Un/Ravelled Thomas Arentzen (Uppsala University Sweden) 11. Feast!: Venantius Fortunatus' Poetic Feasts Leila Williamson (Ghent University Belgium) 12. Thicket: Trees and Belief in Britain after Rome Michael D. J. Bintley (University of Southampton UK) 13. Medianature: Dirt Stone Water and Sky as Representational Fields Glenn Peers (Syracuse University USA) Notes References Index
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